Nineties
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On the Muppets January 03, 2024
Recently I saw The Muppet Christmas Carol for the first time. It was among the first times I’d seen The Muppets, period. I hadn’t grown up watching The Muppet Show; I’d seen virtually none of the films; I had a vague sense only that they were connect...
How the Nineties Are Haunting Millennials December 28, 2023
There’s a scene in the new apocalypse thriller Leave the World Behind in which a 27-year-old character describes the show Friends as “almost nostalgic for a time that never existed”. Her lip curls with contempt as she says it, and not just for the sh...
On 'Ferrari' December 27, 2023
In the third-season opener of Miami Vice, Detective Sonny Crockett’s black 1972 Ferrari 365 GTS/4 Daytona Spyder—an important accessory for the character’s cover as a high-end drug dealer and malefactor, and a key component of the series’ aesthetic—i...
Great American Musical Artists in their Roaring Nineties December 18, 2023
As 2023 closes out, some of America’s great musical artists are well into their out-chorus, without due recognition for their long and distinguished careers. Consider, for example, trumpeter Doc Severinsen, 96, who gained fame with the “Tonight Show ...
